The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-12-03
STATE NEWS.

HENRY BRADLEY, of Ashland, claims
70 have been swindled OF S165 by an
Underground insurance company of
Austin, MINI.
ALEX NEGGETT, OF Eau Claire, was
seriously injured by falling down a
long flight of stairs.
PLANS have been drawn for large
addition to the College of the Sacred
Heart, at Prairie du Chen. The cost
will be about $4,000.
DONALD CAMERON. once q we'll.
known marine captain and for more
than forty years q resident OF Milwau-
kee, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the cellar of his home on
the 23d.
MARY SUICLiFFE, who was married
to Clarence +. Chaplin at Bay View, is
suing for q divorce in the courts cf &c..
Paul on the ground that Chaplin has
become an habitual drunkard.
THE Douglas County board has re-
solved 10 build jail at an expense of
SIS, 900.
ALEXANDER MEGGETT, the pioneer
lawyer OF Eau Claire, suffered serious
injuries by falling down p long fight
OF stairs In 81 business block.
Mr.. AND MRS. ABEL BROOKS, par
ents Of Mrs. Daniel Campbell and
Mrs. NJ. S. Rowley, celebrated the 63d
anniversary OF their marriage at their
home on University Avenue. Madison,
on the esd. MIR. and Mrs. Brooks
have resided in Madison for forty
years.
= LODGE Of Modern Woodmen with
about twenty-five members ha3 been
organized at Prairie du CHEN, by
Deputy Head Consul David Bull, OF
Illinois.
CHARLES DEWITT, who has been under
arrest at Madison for some time
charged with d criminal assault upon
Eliza Searlag, has been discharged by
the court, there being no evidence OF
guilt.
HIGHwAYMEN assaulted Fred kohn
at Ashland, clubbed him with bar
OF iron, and robbed him OF $20 and
watch. His injuries are serious.
BYARD, the Monroe County forger,
was sentenced at La Crosse to two
years imprisonment.
A. B. VAN Corr, Madison jeweler,
is plaintiff in suit against Lapp &
Flershem, wholes ale jewellers at Chica-
90, for $4,000 damages. Plaintiff
alleges that defendants wrongfuliy
closed up his place OF business on at
tachments.
THE sum OF $4,000 has been sub
scribed toward the Madison Opera
House fund.
4 MAN named Mats Hanson, at
work IN a camp OF IL. j. Anderson d
Co., OF La Crosse, near Amer, was
shot by Orick Conger, and soon after
died. 1t seems that Hanson was
about thirty rods in advance of the
rest of crew OF men who were cut
ting a road. He was behind q clump
of bushes and in the act of picking up
some brush when Conger, who wasout
hunting, mistook him for deer and
fired, the bullet entering at the shoui-
der and penetrating to the opposite
hip. Hanson lived sixteen hours.
SAVAGE & Sons, heavy dealers in re-
tail groceries, Milwaukee, have SIS
pointed to wind up the firms affairs.
ALDERMAN JAMES CROWLEY, Of Mad.
ison, is suffering from at injury OF the
leg that he received when boy that
may make it necessary to amputate
the limb.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway Company has offered to re-
munerate owners ofcranberry marshes
that were burned over by fires sup
posed to have originated from loco
motive sparks.
Gov. RUsK has called the attention
OF Gov. Luce, OF Michigan, to the acts
OF Michigan game wardeus in seizing
venison and baggage shipped from
Florence across b part OF Michigan to
points IN Wisconsin.
DIR. d. G. GRANT, town treasurer OF
Florence, Is short 500 in his &C
counts. He has given his bondsmen
security for the amount. Dr.. Grant
is an elder in the Presbyterian Church,
an old settler and a prominent citi-
zen.
THERE has been recorded IN the reg
lister OF deeds office, at Bayfield,, an
instrument conveying from the st.
Croix Lumber Company to the Cum
oerlaod Land Company, g tract of
pine land containing 2l, ,58S acres;
consideration, S192, 800.